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Tandem Propellers

LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
edited 2006-04-24 17:24 in Propeller 1
Well all this talk of a Propeller Supercomputer really is challenging to me.

It would seem that I could best get started by booting two in Tandem.
I have 5 chips coming, so I could do this right away.
And it would be an excellent first chapter of a text on this application if Parallax wants to carry this into schools.

By the time I figure that out, someone will have built the 8X8 desktop supercomputer and I might be prepared to do something with it.

I am really actracted to the idea of an educational supercomputer that will cost about the same as a PC.· Seems very affordable for schools everywhere.

I would be grateful for any proposed schematics.
Possibly with a development·a pathway from 2 to 4 to 8.





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Comments

  • Eric REric R Posts: 225
    edited 2006-04-22 22:30
    I think you might be on to something with the tandem propeller. Why not call it a "Twin Prop" and with minor changes you could have a "Twin Turbo Prop"

    After all, great products need great names!
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2006-04-22 23:38
    Contra-rotating... of course.
  • Tom WalkerTom Walker Posts: 509
    edited 2006-04-24 14:47
    MixMaster [noparse]:)[/noparse] or OV-10?

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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2006-04-24 17:24
    Okay, okay.
    I guess I should have suggested four.
    I still think that keeping it smaller would demonstrate more clearly.

    Eventually two boards of four could become a 2 x 2 x 2

    Still it seems that about all they are good for is number crunching and if you really don't comprehend the math, you certainly will have difficulty with finding any need.

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    "When all think alike, no one is thinking very much.' - Walter Lippmann (1889-1974)

    ······································································ Warm regards,····· G. Herzog [noparse][[/noparse]·黃鶴 ]·in Taiwan
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